◄ 1 Kings 6:19 ►
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Good News Translation
In the rear of the Temple an inner room was built, where the LORD's Covenant Box was to be placed.

New Revised Standard Version
The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
The sacred chest was kept in the most holy place.

New American Bible
In the innermost part of the house he set up the inner sanctuary to house the ark of the LORD’s covenant.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

the oracle

1 Kings 6:5,16 And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about. . . .

2 Chronicles 4:20 The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

Psalm 28:2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

to set

1 Kings 8:6-10 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims. . . .

Exodus 40:20,21 And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above. . . .

2 Chronicles 5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims:

Hebrews 9:3,4 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies: . . .

Context
The Temple's Interior
…18And all the house was covered within with cedar, having the turnings, and the joints thereof artfully wrought, and carvings projecting out: all was covered with boards of cedar: and no stone could be seen in the wall at all. 19And he made the oracle in the midst of the house, in the inner part, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.20Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered it, and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar.…
Cross References
1 Kings 6:5
And upon the wall of the temple, he built floors round about, in the walls of the house, round about the temple and the oracle, and he made chambers in the sides round about.

1 Kings 6:18
And all the house was covered within with cedar, having the turnings, and the joints thereof artfully wrought, and carvings projecting out: all was covered with boards of cedar: and no stone could be seen in the wall at all.

1 Kings 6:20
Now the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in height. And he covered it, and overlaid it with most pure gold. And the altar also he covered with cedar.

1 Kings 8:6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims.

1 Kings 6:18
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